OVERFLOW CROWD GREETS TxDOT FOR HEARING ON CLOVERLEAF PROJECT
An overflow crowd greeted TxDOT Thursday night for the 290 / 36 interchange public hearing. TxDOT officials quickly set up additional seating for the crowd for the formal presentation of the project at Brenham Elementary School.
The project limits extend from Prairie Lea Street, to Windy Acres Road for a length of approximately 3.25 miles.
The project would construct a new interchange at the intersection of US 290 and SH 36 that provides continuous traffic flow via two lanes in each direction along US 290 with direct connectivity to SH 36. The existing two-way frontage roads would be converted to one-way frontage roads, and access to local roads from 290 would be provided by upgraded entrance and exit ramps. The existing clover leaf ramps will be removed. Proposed improvements also include reconstruction of the Old Mill Creek and the Main Street bridges, as well as construction of a shared use path for pedestrians and bicyclists along the project corridor. The project has an estimated cost of $233 million, and is expected to begin the summer of 2027 and take 2 years to complete.
At the public hearing, 11 spoke, mostly about the trouble getting on 290 now and no one will use the bike/walking paths. You can still enter your message to TxDOT either by email to: BRY_PublicComment@txdot.gov or by regular mail by writing the TxDOT Bryan District Office, Attn: Sydney Fox, 2591 North Earl Rudder Freeway, Bryan, Texas 77803. Comments must be postmarked by February 5th. All comments are weighted the same.
The project would require approximately 75 acres of right of way and potentially displace eleven residences and twenty non-residential structures. It is the culmination of designs of the Revised Concept B of the 5 concepts presented by TxDOT.
Click here to view the full public hearing notice.
Click here to view exhibit boards presented during the public hearing.
Click here to view the project layout.
